Well, it took their shameful self destruction to finally realize that these hearings are not allowing the people to understand the candidates for the Federal Bench, but simply allow the Senators to look foolish. Biden has come out calling for an end to these hearings, which were not always required: Supreme Court nominees are so [...]

The democrats really did a number on themselves yesterday. They presented the perfect example of what WE DON”T want our political leaders to be – arrogant bullies. Too many have said too well today for me to waste time trying to add my two cents. I think Kennedy did more damage in more ways than [...]

That sound you hear is the air spilling out of the democrat’s bravado. As I said previously, the Alito hearings are not generating any news against Alito, and the liberals are losing heart while the country ignores their overly strained cries of ‘Wolf!’. Real Clear Politics leads with an assessment of the left and on [...]

I have not been writing on the Alito confirmation process because, well… It’s not very interesting. And that seems to general feeling if you check in Tom Bevan at Real Clear Politics. The odds of a filibuster will rise or fall based on the success Democrats have in tarnishing Alito today, and that, in turn, [...]

Drudge has this: Senate Democrats have put into place a plan that includes one last push to take down the nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito as he heads into his confirmation hearing next week, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Senate Democrats intend to zero in on Alito’s alleged membership to an organization, a witness [...]

Somebody has to pat Mark Coffey on the back (and the rest of us Chillers) for seeing the facts behind the Gang of 14 agreement. Here we are eight months later and all is going well with Judicial nominations: “I don’t think anybody today sees a reason for a filibuster, but they may after the [...]

UPDATE: Here is the story at Washington Times – and I added some links to pertinent posts at the end. END UPDATE Drudge is reporting in a splash headline (no link) on some good news on Alito: Alito rejected abortion as a right; paper shows personal view… Judge Alito, Bush’s Supreme Court nominee, wrote that [...]

I think the Coalition of the Chillin’ is about to be completely and permanently vindicated. The Commissar has the lowdown on Joe Biden’s prediction there is not sufficient support to pull off a filibuster over Alito. Here is some of Biden’s comments on Meet The Press today: A key Democrat said on Sunday that he [...]

I hate to say “I told you so“, but apparently Bill Kristol, David Frum, George Will and many others in the Anti-Miers crowd have given us someone who, unlike Harriet Miers who opposed abortion on a signed questionnaire, may be another Kennedy/Souter. On abortion, a nuanced stand In 3 of 4 cases, Supreme Court nominee [...]

As I posted earlier, Judge Alito may not be the conservative savior we were led to believe. In his dissenting opinion (of concurrence?) he is quite clear that the partial birth abortion ban in NJ was rightfully struck down since it did not address the ‘health’ of the mother. What is apparent, but not firm, [...]

Hold the presses. I got this interesting comment on this post from one Bender Rodriguez: The plain simple fact is that Alito voted in favor of partial birth abortion as a fundamental right. We don’t need to go any further than that. There can be and is no good excuse or reason for doing so. [...]

Does anyone outside the myopic beltway obsessed recall asking for a showdown at the Senate corall? Senate Democrats and Republicans — along with interest groups both for and against Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s Supreme Court nomination — fell into formation yesterday to begin the battle they’ve been expecting for more than a decade. “This [...]

DJ Drummond has a really good post out about the Miers debacle and why naive calls to simply move on are probably doing more damage than the intended result. I will predict the support for Alito will be very tepid and not inspire the base or the public. I don’t know Alito at all, and [...]

For those interested, Mark Coffey has set up a watering hole for the nomination of Alito at Politechnical. Bad choice in my opinion. I know the Miers treatment probably scared off a lot of good candidates – but we really needed another woman on the bench. I am not for affirmative action, but where there [...]

UPDATE: I have been getting comments that illustrate that I may have left the wrong impression. I am not talking about people who had doubts about Miers, but would allow her an opportunity to be heard and make her case. And there may be some gray areas between that group and those I am most [...]